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Journalism 2.0 | Mark Briggs & Is Web 2.0 killing journalism?

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:33:53 -0800

From the page: "He [Andrew Keen] encouraged journalists to exert more confidence and establish themselves as the authorities. I, for one, am skeptical that more ego will help journalism build a future. On the contrary, collaboration with an informed audience is the key. If you don't have an informed audience, just trolls and idiots in your comments, that's your fault, not the internet's."

JP Digital Digest: FT Opens Chatroom For Money Men

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:32:55 -0800

From the page: "According to Journalism.co.uk, the Long Room came about after the FT realised this growing Alphaville community was using third-party sites to debate issues raised by its posts."

Short posts are where it's at & ASH-10

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:24:50 -0800

Pete Ashton explains how sometimes writing a shorter blog post can stimulate more discussion in the comments than fully fleshing an idea out.

Journalism.co.uk :: Moving beyond SEO and print deadlines: ambitions for the new editor of Guardian.co.uk

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:57:45 -0800

From the page: "At the moment there's a sort of dynamic about when things get published, which is partly to do with when we get to work in the morning and partly to do with when they're ready to go up. There are huge questions for us on releasing content: when we release content and what that does for our traffic. We don't know the answers yet, but we are looking at that."

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Journalist Andrew Gilligan accused of internet "sockpuppeting" | UK news | guardian.co.uk

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:32:23 -0800

Controversial British journalist Andrew Gilligan, who was at the centre of "sexed up" Iraq dossier row, is accused of leaving favourable comments about himself around the Internet

Martin Moore: A sense of perspective, please! | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:30:15 -0800

From the page: "The world is in a mess but what are all the British media talking about? The unpleasant behaviour of two ego-driven celebrities"

5,000 downloads of Telegraph Android app | Mobile Industry Review

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:29:46 -0800

From the page: "over 5,000 folk have already downloaded the Telegraph's Android application generating over 31,000 visits to the Telegraph's mobile version in (I suspect) the last few weeks."

BBC - BBC Internet Blog: Knowing When To "Go"

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:28:57 -0800

From the page: "Recently, in response to feedback, we have been putting more external links onto the BBC site and have also started using tracking for external links on the BBC News sites. We have had some feedback that the way we are doing this has an unintended side effect"

Is the BBC doing enough with its outbound links? | Media | guardian.co.uk

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:28:16 -0800

"The BBC's Internet Blog has tackled the ripples of criticism surrounding the BBC's external links policy in a post today. Initially, the problem was that the BBC just wasn't linking out enough which, in its position as the biggest UK website and as a publicly funded entity, means it has an obligation to the the nation's greatest purveyor of links. Blogstorm started this on Saturday, saying that in an act of 'selfishness and greed' the BBC has replaced direct, more search engine-friendly outbound links with redirect links."

Blears blames cynical blogs and career politicians for voters apathy | Politics | guardian.co.uk

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:26:04 -0800

British politician claims that: "political blogs are written by people with disdain for the political system and politicians, who see their function as unearthing scandals, conspiracies and perceived hypocrisy. Until political blogging 'adds value' to our political culture, by allowing new voices, ideas and legitimate protest and challenge, and until the mainstream media reports politics in a calmer, more responsible manner, it will continue to fuel a culture of cynicism and despair."